RIPE-26, DB-WG, Proposed Agenda, 1st Draft

  Dear all!
  
  This is the initial draft of a proposed agenda for the January'97 
  DB-WG Meeting.
  
  As usual any and all comments and input appreciated.

  Best regards,
  Wilfried.
  
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                           Database Working Group
	       Proposed Agenda for the meeting during RIPE-26,
                             1st Draft, 7.1.1997


A.  Administrative stuff
        - volunteering of the scribe
        - WG-agenda bashing


B.  DB-SW status report by the RIPE NCC
        - recent changes,
        - recent bug fixes and development (if any)
        - feedback and experience


C.  Report on DB usage evaluation by VUA


D.  Reports by D. Kessens, ISI
        - on RPSL
        - on 'ride' (registry data exchange format)


E.  Documentation
        - current status, progress, review, test-driving
        - availability


F.  New functionality
        - IPv6 object proposal (D. Kessens, ISI)
        - hierarchical authorisation for route: obj (J. Schmitz, DFN NOC)
        - extension for inet-rtr: obj (tentatively, W.Woeber/E.J.Bos/et.al.)
        - extending the list of attributes that can be used in -i lookup?
        - handling of timestamps (changed:, different time-zones,...)
        - things on the consolidated wish-list
        - improved url handling (in HTML interface)


Y.  General input from other WGs


Z.  AOB

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